AFP presents a reportage of 24 photos by Darren Staples at The Royal Mint factory, Britain's coin factory where Britain's telephones are stripped down for the gold in their circuits in Llantrisant, south Wales on June 30, 2026. Search for all these reportage images using: BRITAIN-WALES-ECONOMY-CURRENCY-ENVIRONMENT-MINT Search 'REPORTAGE' to source all feature, magazine and photo essays. (Photo by Darren STAPLES / AFP via Getty Images)

Workers repair a house that was demolished to make way for a road in Hanoi on August 4, 2026. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP via Getty Images)

A woman rides a bicycle through a road construction site in Hanoi on August 4, 2026. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP via Getty Images)

Motorcyclists commute past houses that have been demolished to widen a road in Hanoi on August 4, 2026. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP via Getty Images)

A man uses his phone at a road expansion construction site in Hanoi on August 4, 2026. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP via Getty Images)

A customer buys Kashmiri embroidered bags at a shop in Srinagar on August 4, 2026. (Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - Lotus root farmers transport freshly harvested shallow-water lotus roots in Yinjiayuan village, in Nantong, in eastern China's Jiangsu province, on August 3, 2026. (Photo by CN-STR / AFP via Getty Images) / China OUT

Lotus root farmers transport freshly harvested shallow-water lotus roots in Yinjiayuan village, in Nantong, in eastern China's Jiangsu province, on August 3, 2026. (Photo by CN-STR / AFP via Getty Images) / China OUT